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AT&T announces it will stop throttling speeds of its top tier Unlimited Elite data plan

Wireless carrier AT&T has announced that the company will no longer throttle speeds for customers who purchase its most expensive unlimited plan, AT&T Unlimited Elite. Previously, all three of AT&T’s “unlimited” plans featured data slowdowns when customers hit a specific limit. Now, starting the week of July 12, that will no longer be the case […]

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Rumor: Apple developing “Apple Pay Later” program which would allow Apple Pay purchases to be paid in monthly installments

There’s something to be said for paying over time. Apple is apparently developing a new service that will allow Apple Pay users to buy products and pay them off in monthly installments. Per Bloomberg, this featureis in development and internally named ‘Apple Pay Later’. However, Apple’s service would be directly integrated with Apple Pay. Apple […]

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Verizon announces December 31, 2022 cutoff date for its 3G wireless network

Wireless carrier Verizon has announced that it is shutting down its 3G network at the end of 2022, a move that will effectively end its 3G support. The company had pushed back against the sunsetting of its 3G network several times now, but seems to have found an end date for the service: We will […]

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Slickwraps CEO reports data breach, offers apology to customers

Sometimes these things happen. Accessory maker Slickwraps, which produces a variety of popular wraps and cases for iPhones, Samsung Galaxy phones, AirPods, and other devices, has conceded that the company was the victim of a data breach wherein sensitive user data was accessed. Company CEO Jonathan Endicott offered the following apology to customers: “Slickwraps Users, […]

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FCC investigation finds that “one or more” wireless carriers may have sold user location data to questionable third-parties

This’ll make you groan a bit. Following last year’s findings as to how easy it was for outside parties to buy real-time location data of US wireless customers via lax carrier standards, it was noted that data was winding up in the hands of shady third-parties, and bounty hunters. Now, after what it described as […]